I find it fascinating that in response to an article about economic development, a male planner felt entirely comfortable telling me that the only thing of value about me is how developed my breasts and vagina are. In fact, he seemed downright proud about that observation, so much so that he signed his email to me with his company logo, telephone number and web address. What precipitated this completely unprofessional sexist email outrage that I quoted exactly in the headline?Continue Reading The only feminist development I’d like to see is on your chest and between your legs…

The following text and images comprise the East Village Draft Focus Plan released on July 30, 2016, including subsequent minor corrections and additions made by its authors. It has been reconstituted here from the PDF original version to enable web and mobile viewing (there are formatting variations from the original). To view a gallery of images, or view any image in its full size, click directly on the image. The original version may be downloaded from this PDF link (warning: downloading PDF may require high capacity broadband connection).

As humans we are constantly overwhelmed and barraged by a multitude of advertisements in any graphic form. There is so much of it that when walking through a square (Times Square is probably the epitome) we are tempted to forget that the space is formed by architectures of any kind.Continue Reading An Architectural Play – Theatrical Architecture

There is a growing trend and demand for urban parks, where mentions of the “High Line effect” are now spreading amongst urban planners of bustling metropolises across the country and wealthy philanthropists are doing their parts to fund projects that are bringing new life into the concrete jungles of downtowns everywhere, like Diane von Furstenberg and Barry Diller who donated $35 million to the High Line project in New York.Continue Reading Boston Skipped in Northeast’s “High Line Effect”